Summerfest 2023 Events & Activities

Aug
13
Fri
Rummage and Bake Sale @ City Hall Auditorium
Aug 13 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Enjoy shopping this rummage and bake sale, hosted by the Deerwood Lakes Lions!

Friday 9AM-5PM

Saturday 9AM-3PM

Aug
12
Fri
Food & Hospitality Area @ Corner of Archibald and Forest
Aug 12 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Hamburgers and Hot Dogs.  Rest Area (tent, tables & chairs for the public)

Sidewalk Sale @ Mustard Seed
Aug 12 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Elmer Park Benefit Concert – Duluth Transit Authority @ Deerwood Auditorium
Aug 12 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Aug
13
Sat
Sidewalk Sale @ Mustard Seed
Aug 13 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Aug
11
Fri
Home Cooked Meals and Much More @ Deerwood American Legion
Aug 11 @ 7:00 am – 11:30 pm

HOME COOKED MEALS & MUCH MORE!

Sons of the American Legion (SAL) Breakfast – served from 7 AM – 10 AM

Biscuits and gravy, $6.00 full order, $4.00 half order. Pancake (with or without blue berries) – $2.00. 3 sausage links – $2.00. Add an egg for $1.00 each. Orange juice and coffee $2.00 each.

Ladies Auxiliary bake sale – 9 AM – Noon.

Sloppy Joes, from 11 AM – 2 PM. With chips and pickle -$5.00

SAL Porkchops-on-a-stick – served from 10 AM – 2 PM. $6.00

Served with Freedom fries – $5.00

Outdoor Beer garden from 10 AM to ????? with pop and Margaritas.

Pull tab extravaganza by beer garden from 10 AM – ?????

Blood Mary bar inside from 10 AM – Noon. $7.00

Live music performed by Yesterdaze from Noon – 4 PM

Spaghetti dinner served from 4 PM – 7 PM – $10.00

Surf-N-Turf meat raffle starting at 5:30 PM. 3, $25.00 winners first 4 rounds, $100.00 winner last round. $2.00 tickets.

Flag Raising Ceremony – To honor our service members and veterans @ Deerwood American Legion
Aug 11 @ 8:30 am – 9:00 am

Activities stop, soldiers salute, civilians place their hands on their hearts and Reveille is played to honor the Flag as it is raised twice daily at U.S. military posts and bases across the world. In honor of our service members and veterans near and far the 2023 Summerfest will kick off with a Flag raising by the Color Guard at the Deerwood American Legion Post 557 at 8:45am on Friday August 11th. The Pledge of Allegiance will be recited following the flag raising. Veterans and Active/Reserve service members are invited to attend in-person and gather at 8:30 am.

Local businesses are requested to cease activities at that time, if possible and safe, to participate in the honor and appreciation of our nation’s flag, what it represents, and what so many have sacrificed protecting it and our country. Attendance in person at the Legion is also encouraged.

Food Booths @ Salem Lutheran Church
Aug 11 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Food booths are highlighting Swedish meatballs, lefse, snow cones, hot dogs, ice cream and home made brownies!

 

Huge Garage Sale @ Salem WEST
Aug 11 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Free Will Donation

Friday August 11th & Saturday August 12th

Kid’s Games and Rock Painting @ City Park by Playground / Splash Pad
Aug 11 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Bring the kids to enjoy games with prizes like Target Station, Ring Toss, Bear Pong, Fishing Pond, Fruit and Veggie Walk, Doc Cuyuna Character.  There is also rock painting to make some fun and positive decorations!  Hosted by the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center staff.

Bike Helmet Fitting and Give Away – Friday only:  9:00 am to 3:00pm 1st 100 kids get a free helmet

Sidewalk Chalk Giveaway and Paintng @ Essentia Health Booth on Maple Road
Aug 11 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Sidewalk Chalk Giveaway to the first 100 kids who visit the Essentia Health Tent on Maple Road.

Then, draw on the sidewalks behind the auditorium and next to the Playground on Serpent Road. Take a picture of your drawing and post on Deerwood Summerfest’s Facebook page.

Youth Bike Helmet Fitting and Giveaways @ City Park by Playground / Splash Pad
Aug 11 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Youth bike helmet fitting
Friday, Aug. 11, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
First 100 youth receive a free bike helmet

Sponsored by Cuyuna Regional Medical Center

Dunk Tank @ Lot East of Old Mustard Seed
Aug 11 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Sponsored by Deerwood Civic and Commerce

Dunkers:  Warm up your throwing arms and practice now!

Local Community Groups will be running the Dunk Tank and raising money for their organization.

10am-12n- TBD

12n-2pm- Cuyuna Pickleball Association – Dunk your favorite Pickleball Player

2pm-4pm- Girl Scout Troop 37 – Dunk  a Girl Scout and help them raise money

Medallion Hunt / First Clue @ City Hall & Facebook
Aug 11 @ 10:00 am – Aug 12 @ 5:00 pm

Looking for a  fun activity that involves creative thinking and adventure?  DEERWOOD Summerfest’s 2023 MEDALLION HUNT is all that and more!

This adventure will take you through the city limits of Deerwood, will require you to put on your thinking cap and solve the mystery of the hidden medallion. This adventure will start with the first clue being posted on Friday, August 11 at 10 AM on Deerwood Summerfest’s Facebook page and at Deerwood City Hall.

The hidden medallion you will be looking for has been beautifully handcrafted by Whistling Pete’s in Deerwood, and sponsored by the Sno-Serpents Snowmobiling Club.

The Winner will receive the handcrafted, one-of- a-kind medallion itself, AND $250 in cash donated by the Sno-Serpents

THANK YOU TO WHISTLING PETE’S and the SNO-SERPENTS!!

So get your adventurous self and your friends ready for some great Deerwood Summerfest fun!

 

Medallion Hunt rules

32nd Annual Deerwood Open- BBQ- Live Music @ Cuyuna Rolling Hills
Aug 11 @ 11:00 am – 8:00 pm

DEERWOOD OPEN

The 32nd Annual Deerwood Open which is the biggest tournament that WE host is Friday August 11.  Grab your fellow member golf friends and sign up as a 4-some!  Just $60 for members, $90 for non-members.  Includes prizes on every hole, range balls/golf/cart/BBQ dinner.  After the tournament we will be hosting a community BBQ and have live music outside in the parking lot.  The MugWugs will be entertaining us with cover music.  A five member band of friends that started as fun in the 1980’s.   We will be selling wristbands for the BBQ meal, the music will be free to all.

 

“The band takes pride in calling themselves a “live band mix tape,” playing a vast variety of music, from George Jones to Matchbox 20 to Poison to Little River Band. The band likes to say, “If we don’t p play it, you don’t need to hear it!”

 

Babinski Foundation Animal Adoption @ Forest Rd - Near Deerwood Legion
Aug 11 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Pet adoption 11am-5pm- Forest Road next to the Legion

 

Babinski Foundation Dog Fashion Show @ Forest Rd - Near Deerwood Legion
Aug 11 @ 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm

Join us to see the latest styles in Doggie fashion!

Tommy Koppy- Acoustic Musical Performance @ On the Grass by the Fire Department
Aug 11 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Tommy Koppy– Acoustic Classic Rock, Country, Blues

 

Surf-N-Turf Meat Raffle @ Deerwood American Legion
Aug 11 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Surf-N-Turf meat raffle starting at 5:30 PM.

3, $25.00 winners first 4 rounds, $100.00 winner last round. $2.00 tickets.

Aug
12
Sat
Sidewalk Chalk Giveaway and Paintng @ Essentia Health Booth on Maple Road
Aug 12 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Sidewalk Chalk Giveaway to the first 100 kids who visit the Essentia Health Tent on Maple Road.

Then, draw on the sidewalks behind the auditorium and next to the Playground on Serpent Road. Take a picture of your drawing and post on Deerwood Summerfest’s Facebook page.

Babinski Foundation Animal Adoption @ Forest Road next to the Legion
Aug 12 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm

Pet adoption 11am -5pm Forest Road next to the Legion